SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Daniela Relph,Senior royal correspondent, Rio de Janeiro and John HandPA MediaThe visit to Brazil will include the two key environment-based events but will also allow him to take in some of Rio's other famous sights.As an avid football fan...

Orcas in the Gulf of California off the coast of Mexico have been spotted hunting young great white sharks by flipping them over to incapacitate them before eating their energy-filled liver, new research videos show....

Scientists have documented what they say is the quickest retreat of an Antarctic glacier in modern history. Hektoria glacier on...

It is fair to say that the family tree of ancient humans is not written in stone. Just take...

Mark PoyntingClimate and science reporter, BBC NewsNaomi OchwatWhat followed was further loss of floating ice from the front of Hektoria, as large, flat-topped icebergs broke off or "calved", and the ice behind sped up and thinned.That is not unusual....

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The number of satellites in orbit is growing at a tremendous rate, but we don’t yet have a good...

There is a limit to how big we can build particle colliders on Earth, whether that is because of limited space or limited economics. Since size is equivalent to energy output...

Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Becky Dale and Wesley Stephenson,Senior data journalists, BBC VerifyGetty ImagesWater companies have been ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels of so-called forever chemicals in drinking water sources for more than six...

Orcas in the Gulf of California have been hunting juvenile great white sharks using a clever tactic: flipping them...